TravelArts and Culture , History , Iran , Video A few days ago, I posted about one person’s experience traveling to Iran. He and the woman he traveled with found Iranians to be the “friendliest” people . What I liked about the article is that it showed a different aspect of a place...

TravelArts and Culture , Learning , Business , Festivals and Events Paul Busse , the creator of the most fantastic garden train displays that grace major botanical gardens in the U.S., received a career boost when he made an award-winning display for AmeriFlora , an international garden show. With the...

TravelHotels and Accommodations , News Some time ago, Justin wrote about meth makers using the coffee machine in hotel rooms to brew their concoctions. It’s now 2 years later, and the problem seems to be going from bad to worse. Meth makers are increasingly using motel rooms for their “cooking”,...

Soneva Fushi in the Maldives has become known for “high-end, eco-friendly, all-natural opulence”. Now the husband-and-wife team Sonu and Eva Shivdasani behind the concept and Six Senses Resorts & Spas will launch a third one, Soneva Kiri in Thailand later this year. Soneva Kiri is situated...

TravelArts and Culture , History , Learning The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History opens “Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th- Century Chesapeake” Saturday, an anthropological exhibition studying the way that early colonists in the Chesapeake region...

TravelActivism , Climbing , Hiking , History , Learning , Paddling , Antarctica , Camping , Ecotourism I spent the afternoon walking on a piece of fast ice the size of a small town - floating on the surface, about six feet thick, still attached to the continent - in a fjord known as Beaujoix. Many of...